diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCAsmInfo.h b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCAsmInfo.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCAsmInfo.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCAsmInfo.h
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@
   const char *TPRel32Directive = nullptr;
   const char *TPRel64Directive = nullptr;
 
+  /// This is true if this target is compatible with "Sun Style" syntax for
+  /// section switching
+  /// ("#alloc,#write" etc) alongside the normal ELF syntax (,"a,w") in
+  /// .section directives.  Defaults to false.
+  bool IsCompatibleWithSunStyleELFSectionSwitchSyntax = false;
+
   /// This is true if this target uses "Sun Style" syntax for section switching
   /// ("#alloc,#write" etc) instead of the normal ELF syntax (,"a,w") in
   /// .section directives.  Defaults to false.
@@ -471,6 +477,11 @@
     return SunStyleELFSectionSwitchSyntax;
   }
 
+  bool supportsSunStyleELFSectionSwitchSyntax() const {
+    return SunStyleELFSectionSwitchSyntax ||
+           IsCompatibleWithSunStyleELFSectionSwitchSyntax;
+  }
+
   bool usesELFSectionDirectiveForBSS() const {
     return UsesELFSectionDirectiveForBSS;
   }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/ELFAsmParser.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/ELFAsmParser.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/ELFAsmParser.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/ELFAsmParser.cpp
@@ -528,8 +528,10 @@
     unsigned extraFlags;
 
     if (getLexer().isNot(AsmToken::String)) {
-      if (!getContext().getAsmInfo()->usesSunStyleELFSectionSwitchSyntax()
-          || getLexer().isNot(AsmToken::Hash))
+      if (!getContext()
+               .getAsmInfo()
+               ->supportsSunStyleELFSectionSwitchSyntax() ||
+          getLexer().isNot(AsmToken::Hash))
         return TokError("expected string in directive");
       extraFlags = parseSunStyleSectionFlags();
     } else {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMMCAsmInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMMCAsmInfo.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMMCAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMMCAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
   UseParensForSymbolVariant = true;
 
   UseIntegratedAssembler = true;
+
+  // The GNU assembler supports Sun style section switching for Arm targets, and
+  // it is used in projects like the Linux kernel.
+  IsCompatibleWithSunStyleELFSectionSwitchSyntax = true;
 }
 
 void ARMELFMCAsmInfo::setUseIntegratedAssembler(bool Value) {
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/gas-compl-sun-elf.s b/llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/gas-compl-sun-elf.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/gas-compl-sun-elf.s
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+@ RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple arm-linux-gnu %s -o - | llvm-readelf --sections | FileCheck %s
+
+@ CHECK: .f1              PROGBITS        00000000 000034 000000 00   A  0   0  1
+.section ".f1", #alloc
+
+@ CHECK: .f2              PROGBITS        00000000 000034 000000 00   W  0   0  1
+.section ".f2", #write
+
+@ CHECK: .f3              PROGBITS        00000000 000034 000000 00   A  0   0  1
+.section ".f3", "a"
+
+@ CHECK: .f4              PROGBITS        00000000 000034 000000 00   W  0   0  1
+.section ".f4", "w"